Yearly Archives: 2004

Senate streamlines first-responder funding

WASHINGTON-The Senate Monday passed an amendment to the 9/11 Commission legislation that would streamline first-responder funding while ensuring that each state gets a baseline...

Visto updates wireless e-mail platform

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-Visto Corp. announced its Visto Mobile 5.0, the latest version of its wireless e-mail platform.The new version provides instant and automatic two-way...

AMD says 3Q sales down, net income up

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-While warning that its third-quarter sales will be lower than projected, Advanced Micro Devices said it anticipates a $32 million net income increase...

Playboy expands European markets, U.S. play expected by year-end

NEW YORK-Playboy Enterprises Inc. will offer content to mobile consumers in Spain and Portugal, the company announced Monday. Playboy now offers wireless content in...

Rural carrier to deploy Kodiak PTT system

ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky.-Rural wireless provider Bluegrass Cellular said it will deploy a commercial push-to-talk service using Kodiak Network's circuit-switch based Real-time Exchange system across its...

Openwave to support DoCoMo’s global Internet services

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Openwave Systems Inc. said it has agreed to support carrier NTT DoCoMo products with i-mode functionality in the operator's efforts to expand...

DRM solutions offered at Symbian Expo

LONDON-Digital rights management took center stage at the Symbian Expo Tuesday, with two new agreements to help content providers protect their wares.Mobile security company...

EDGE, CDMA2000, UMTS deployments counted in separate research

EDGE and UMTS technologies are both on a roll, says new research. But while EDGE accounts for more deployments, all eyes are on the...

Nextel asks for more time to comply with Calif. law

WASHINGTON—Nextel Communications Inc. has requested an extension of time to comply with certain provisions of the telecom consumer bill of rights approved by the...

Nortel, Motorola continue layoffs

A tremor of restructuring is rippling through the infrastructure players, signaling a new approach to the market. Such moves, some of them imposed and...

CDMA data roaming no-go in U.S.

The wide ranging world of wireless roaming has fallen on deaf ears when it comes to CDMA2000 1x data services. Most U.S. operators have...

Stepping back on 411

Congress—and California—need to take a couple of steps back on industry plans for a 411 directory of wireless telephone numbers. Regardless of where one...

Tropos scores WLAN wins in Philly, Oklahoma City

With a new product and two deployments, Tropos Networks Inc. has staked itself firmly in the wireless LAN space. The firm announced its Tropos...

Lucent, Novatel supply PC cards to O2

LONDON—Lucent Technologies Inc. and Novatel Wireless Inc. have agreed to supply U.K. carrier O2 with their wireless UMTS PC card modems known as Merlin...

Groups oppose 900 MHz apps freeze

WASHINGTON—After complaining that a subsidiary of Nextel Communications Inc. was trying to gobble up the remaining available spectrum in the 900 MHz band, the...

Crosby returns to ITA, Access Spectrum ‘fine’

WASHINGTON—Mark Crosby, who left the Industrial Telecommunications Association in February 2001 to become president of Access Spectrum L.L.C., has returned as ITA's president and...

Global Briefs

ThailandOrange S.A., in conjunction with co-shareholders True Corporation Public Co. Ltd. and CP Group, said it has reduced its stake in Thai company BITCO...

Infineon, VW team for in-car wireless LBS

MUNICH, Germany—Infineon Technologies AG and the Volkswagen Group announced they have developed a platform concept for wireless location-based information services for vehicles. The platform,...

CDG honors companies for CDMA achievements

MIAMI—The CDMA Development Group announced winners of the 3G CDMA Industry Achievement Awards this week at the CDMA Americas Congress taking place in Miami....

People

Nortel Networks said it has appointed Clent Richardson to the post of chief marketing officer. Richardson will lead the company's newly formed global marketing...

Verizon offers Audiovox video/camera phone

BEDMINSTER, N.J.—Verizon Wireless and Audiovox Communications Corp. have launched the Audiovox CDM-9900 digital video and camera phone. The device features a 2.2-inch high-resolution color...

Nationwide carriers on pace to record best growth since 2000

The wireless industry is expected to take its customary third-quarter breather this year. The nation's six largest operators are forecast to post relatively strong...

Lucent, ZTE score CDMA2000 wins

SAO, PAULO, Brazil—Lucent Technologies Inc. and ZTE Corp. announced contract awards for CDMA2000 equipment. Financial details were not disclosed. Lucent said it was awarded...

Marketing group forms anti-spam committee

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—The Mobile Marketing Association formed an anti-spam committee, marking the organization's work to keep wireless content and applications spam-free. The committee is...

Products

ComarcoComarco Wireless Test Solutions introduced Seven.Five for EvDO, a comprehensive test system for North American EV-DO cellular systems. Seven.Five for EvDO provides drive-test and...
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